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Abusive Relationships
Introduction
Body
Defining Abusive relationship
Domestic violence Act (SA)
Difficulties in leaving abusive relationships
Logistics
Financial
Home
children
Psychological
Brett,s
A study done by Arias and Pape in 1999, examining the impacts of physical and psychological abuse and the determining factors relating to the ending of abusive relationships, showed that psychological abuse was a more significant predictor of both Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and the intention to leave the abusive partner permanently. ... Out of a sample of 234 women with a history of physically abusive relationships (Follingstad et al, 1990), all except 3 reported experiencing some sort of psychological abuse. ... ” (Murray, 2000) It is thought that learning to develop and maintain adequate boundaries as a child, can affect your ability as an adult to define and uphold boundaries in relationships.
It has been estimate that about a half of the women in abusive marriages were once in abusive homes themselves. ... The police force is meant to be a women’s ally in defending herself from an abusive partner. ... An important aspect of leaving one’s abusive partner is the financial considerations concerning herself and her children.
Approximate Word count = 1016
Approximate Pages = 4.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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